Funnel.



G. WELD.

FUNNEL.

union-mn rum) snm. 2a, 1912.

Patented Feb.4,1913.

UNTTD sTATns PATENT carton CHARLES WELD, OE STANWOOD, MICHIGAN.

FUNNEL.

Speciication of lLetters Patent.

Application tiled September 28, 1912. Seriallqlo. 722,908.

To all whom. it may, concern e Beit known that I, CHARLES VELD, a

citizen." of the United States, residing at ',Stanwoc'd, inthe; county ofMecosta and State of Michigan, have inventedv certain j new and useful vImprovements invFunnels,

of which the following is a specification,

. drawings."

reference being had to theacconipanying "glhis invention relates-to new and useful improvements in funnels, 4the object ofthe4 invention being'j to `provide a funnel for.

filling a tank or other receptacle,` having a Y,

valve 4which closes toprevent further flowwhen the tank is full as well as to retain any surplus liquid in the funnel when it is thereafter removed from .the tank. y

' Another object of the invention is to provide funnel Yof the above character lwhichy will .possess advantages in points ofetli- 'ciency 'and durability, is 'inexpensive' to manufacture aiidiat the saine time is simple in construction and operation.

, "lilith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in' the novel features of construction land the combination and arrangementfof parts hereinafter more full-ydescribed, pointed out in the claim and shown. inthe accompanying.drawings, in which- -Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a funnel showing the-valve inv its closed posiv tion Aand Fig. 2 is a similar view showing .the valve in its-open position.

Referring niorepaiticularly to the drawings, l indicates lthe body of the funnel,

' which'niay be of the form showin-or any other-form capable of perforiningthe saine functions, and having a spout 2 at thebot.- tom, through whi'clithe .liquid that may be poure'd inl the mouth of the utensil may be discharged. A valve member 3 is arranged in the lower end of the funnel and is provided with the beveled edges i formed coin? cident with the side wall of the funnel and lthe receptacle has been illefd "ca of the disk 8 at apoint substantially opposite the point where the lower end, the

vrod 5 is secured is the operating rod 9, the 'lower end of said operating rod-beingslid fablyvmounted in an openingv 10 formed in the horizontal portion' of the angular 'bracket l1 which is secured to the lower end Aof the spout A cork float 1Q- is secured -tothe lower end ofthe rod 9 so that as the contents ofthe receptacle reach the top the- Patentea Feb. 4.1913.

cork float 'will be moved upward, turning the-disk 8 and closing the 'valve 3 which indicates. to the user that the tank is full.

:It will be appa-rent from the illustration shown in Fig. f2 that lthe valve 3`isopen,.the weight ofthe float 12vrotatinggthej disk 8 which' pushes upward 'onthe'frold-v 5 andv opens the .j-'alve 2.A A stop 1,3- issecured to the operating rod 9 and is adapt'ed1to engage tliebracket- 11' toA limit the downward move.-v

nient of the float-so that the disk 8 will only be turned lenough to open the valve to' the position shown in Fig. 2. -Then inits open.

position, the valve Bis ypermitted to swing toward and rest against the sidewall of the.

funnel by meansl of a loose connectionfbetween the valve vrod and thedisk. As the valve .swings 'to oneside, the :od 5. is canted with respect to the guide bar 7. It is thus seenl that the valve 3 niovesto one side in the funnel-and is adapted to rest against the inner wall thereof which prevents-the interference of the valvel with the passagel of liquids from the funnel into the spout. It will be understood that when the utensil its spout with the float below it inserted in the vessel whichit isproposed to fill, and

Ais set in open position, the funnel may have liquid may bey poured through the spout 2 until Ait rises high enough to raise the float.

'This action will raise the operating rod 9 and rotate theA disk 8, which in turn willv `push upward on the rod 5 and raise the valve 3 completely closii'i'g the spoutagainst the further passage of the fluid. In this manner the funnel is made to automaticallypreven. 'the iilling of bottles loranv other receptacle of fluid to overflow orto be filled to a higher line than is desired.' A spout'14' is secured to one side ofthe body of the fun- .nel and at the upper edge thereof so that the contents remaining inthe' el, after out without 'being spilled.v

Whi'l have shown van prefer'. my inve obvious t t various-changes.-

of conetl'uolon and in the propwcions majT be iesoited to for successfully carrying' my invention into paeiee Wit-houtsacrificing any of the novel :eaures or depai'ng from 'the scope of he appended claim.

Loman able Connection beweeu if'alie rod, an operating Cured. at iis upper end l point diau'iet'ically 0ppm i' f upon the lower end 'of and arranged beneath 'kille bracket en the lowei end ol the gaging the operating rod ilielieby is guided in its movement.

In testimony whereof' l'. l?

signaui'ein lie presence of 'o m CHA,

lVitnesses L. lll. BAKKER, GRACE VELD. 

